The Bugle (photo) (audio)

The bugle was first created in the medieval times when a horn of a bull was used for military and hunting purposes. Pitched in B flat, the bugle is similar to the trumpet in that

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respect. However, unlike the trumpet, the bugle has a large conical bore which produces a deep, loud sound. The bugle, thus, is perfect for playing outside. The very early bugles were semicircular in shape but by the nineteeth century, it took upon the trumpet-like appearance.

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Bugles can only range over four or five notes. These four or five notes were enough for the military codified signals which were collected and made in the eighteenth century.